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The Long Overdue Quest for a New International Order based on Equality & Justice? By Yeheyis Ewnetu Do western powers have the legal and high moral ground to talk about peace, democracy and human rights? Are they not ashamed of themselves,...

Boris Johnson’s neocolonial dream: Why Africa should not miss her golden opportunity to take the fight to Johnson’s backyard and kill his dream once and for all   Mesfin Arega “The best fate for Africa would be if the old colonial...

Africa should fight in Ukraine alongside Russia   In the 1960s, Russia fought colonialists of the west alongside Africa all over Africa.  Now, it is Africa’s turn to fight neocolonialists of the west alongside Russia all over Ukraine.   Mesfin...

The Monarchy: An Institution That Can Unite All Ethiopians   Gizachew Tiruneh, Ph. D.    After a year-long civil war that has cost Ethiopia the lives of hundreds of thousands of people as well as the destruction of infrastructure,...

Abiy Ahmed: the OLF-TPLF combo best for the West   Mesfin Arega Ethiopia played not only crucial but also unique role in the decolonization of Africa.  As such, colonialists and neocolonialists of the west deeply resent her and have been...

Washington Doubles Down in Ethiopia How the US plunges into the defeat of its own and Western interests in the Horn of Africa Analysis.  Gregory Copley  From GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs in Addis Ababa.  It is significant that, even...

The Political Psychology of Revenge The strategic use of victimized narratives to reinstate an autocratic regime in Ethiopia Contact information: GIRMA BERHANU (Professor) GOTHENBURG UNIVERSITY Department of Education and Special Education Västra...

No Amnesty for War Criminals! By  Worku Aberra   In a decision that has stunned the nation, the Ethiopian government on January 7 released from jail six of the captured leaders of the terrorist-designated TPLF (TPLF-6, henceforth), two individuals...